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Katie Cadet's Computer and Video Game Collection Testing results for Arc Media's Dinosaurs (found at a thrift store):
- Not tested with Linux on Wine.
- Compatible with Windows 10 64-bit. (Will also work on most virtual machines such as VMWare, VirtualBox, Parallels Desktop, and Bochs on Linux and Intel/Apple Silicon Macs. Windows 11 uncertain.)
- Compatible with SheepShaver running Mac OS 9.0.4 (Power Macintosh G3) as tested on Infinite Mac.
- Compatible with Basilisk II running Mac OS 7.6 (Mac IIFX) as tested on Infinite Mac.
- Compatible with Classic Mac OS versions up to Mac OS 9.2.2, including Mac OS X Classic Environment on PowerPC Macs up to Mac OS X 10.4.11. (Not for Intel.)
- Incompatible with Mini vMac II running SSW 7 (Mac II) as tested on Infinite Mac. Reason: Crashes the emulator on startup. (Even though the system requirements mention a 68020.)
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The Mars Software/Arc Media titles was a tough one for Mini vMac II emulation on Infinite Mac! When I started one of the titles from 1998 on that emulator, it hard crashed with a bomb error message saying that it is a BAD F-LINE INSTRUCTION! (Ah, the good old days of the macOS…) Fortunately, it worked fine on SheepShaver (Mac OS 9.0.4) and Basilisk II (Mac IIFX, Mac OS 7.6), so the backup plan was working very well in my opinion! Of course, you will need a beefier 68030 Macintosh to play these Arc Media/Mars Software titles from 1998, as a 68020 Macintosh, especially Mini vMac II emulation, won’t cut it!
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The Mars Software/Arc Media titles from 1998 require a beefier 68030 Macintosh or a beefier 486SX IBM PC Compatible running Windows 3.1 up to Windows 10, and System Software 7.0 up to Mac OS 9.2.2. It may work on 68020 Macintosh computers, but I’ve tried them on Mini vMac II, and like I said before, they hard crash the emulator! I don’t have a real 68020 Macintosh, so I cannot test a similar effect.